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Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan inaugurated this Thursday in Rabat, the “Prince Moulay Abdellah” stadium, following reconstruction work that brought this prestigious sports infrastructure to the FIFA 2030 standards. The new stadium’s reconstruction comes in execution of the high royal guidelines, aimed at equipping the Kingdom with state-of-the art sports infrastructure ahead of upcoming major […]
Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita received on Tuesday in Rabat new U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Benjamin Ziff who arrived in Morocco over the weekend and assumed the role of Chargé d’Affaires to the U.S. Mission in the North African Kingdom A U.S. embassy press release said talks focused on opportunities to build on the […]
DP World, a multinational logistics company based in Dubai, has announced a new shipping service called “Atlas,” connecting Morocco (Agadir and Casablanca) to the UK (London Gateway port) and Northern Europe (Antwerp Gateway port). This service, to start operation in November 2025, will reduce export times for Moroccan fresh produce like fruits and vegetables by […]
During the past colonial period, France unfairly ceded to Algeria several Moroccan territories including Eastern Sahara. But Morocco’s historical and legitimate rights are inalienable and the truth always prevails and rights never die. French ambassador to Morocco Christophe Lecourtier has posted lately a video showing the diplomat pointing to Morocco’s map displaying the Kingdom territory […]
Egypt and Sudan have reiterated their opposition to unilateral actions on Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), declaring their water security “one and indivisible”. The position was made clear in Cairo during a “2+2” consultation meeting on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, that brought together the foreign and irrigation ministers from both countries. In a joint […]
Mauritania’s Sidi Ould Tah has assumed leadership of the African Development Bank with a comprehensive ten-year strategy focusing on financial architecture reform, demographic dividend transformation, and natural resource industrialization, reports L’Economiste. These strategic pillars address Africa’s critical challenges including declining development aid, mounting sovereign debt, and intensifying climate impacts. “Revisiting our investment plan and changing […]
Morocco is poised to reap substantial economic and tourism benefits from hosting the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN), with projections indicating up to 1 million additional tourist arrivals and 12 billion dirhams ($1.32 bln) in supplementary revenue. Scheduled to take place from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026, the tournament is expected to […]
Algeria often portrays itself as a close ally of both China and Russia. Yet its absence from China’s Victory Day parade in Beijing tells a different story, one of diplomatic marginalization and limited strategic relevance. Algeria already made headlines when Russian president Putin ignored to invite Tebboune during the Victory Day parade in Moscow, signaling […]
Former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila has broken his silence over the explosive treason trial against him, dismissing the proceedings as a “politically motivated” attempt to silence opposition voices and distract from President Félix Tshisekedi’s governance failures. Kabila, who ruled the DRC from 2001 to 2019, is being tried in absentia before […]
Morocco has unveiled a significant gold discovery in the Guelmim region, with 34 high-grade quartz veins containing between 3 and 30 grams of gold per ton, according to Australian mining platform Discovery Alert. The find could establish Morocco as a credible competitor in North African gold production, challenging established producers like Egypt. The discovery emerged […]